Tomie de Paola Award: deadline Dec 1!

It's coming: by DECEMBER 1, 2015, you should submit your work for the annual Tomie de Paola Illustrator Award, given annually to an illustrator of promise chosen by the master himself. The lucky winner will receive a fully paid trip to the NYC Conference in February 2016, as well as accommodations. And, you'll be featured in the Portfolio Showcase.

For this year's PROMPT, click here.

For all the REST OF THE DETAILS, click here.

Food Literacy Month goodies

From Tina Hoggatt, SCBWI-WWA Illustrator Coordinator:

It’s September and Food Literacy Month! We look forward to seeing you all at the Seattle Public Library, Main Branch September 17 from  6:00-9:00 pm for CULTIVATING READERS, which includes tabling, a panel, and four SCBWI-WWA authors with food-related books.


In the meantime, here are some prompts and opportunities from SCBWI to keep you busy creating:

The October Draw This! prompt is ENCHANTED. The deadline is September 20. Submission guidelines here.

The October 2015 Write This! prompt is in 50 words or less, portray an inopportune time to get a case of hiccups. Guidelines here.

The SCBWI Tomie dePaola Award is now open for submissions. To view the guidelines and Tomie's prompt for 2016 click here.  The deadline is December 1.

 

Image by Milagros Welt, from the DRAW THIS! September Gallery.

 

Lin Oliver and Tomie de Paola THURSDAY

We're a wee bit out of breath from last weekend's fabulous conference, but it's red-alert time!

Time to rhyme! Oliver and de Paola's book.

Tomorrow, at University Book Store in the University District, SCBWI co-founder and executive director Lin Oliver, along with rock-star illustrator Tomie de Paola, will present their collaboration, Little Poems for Tiny Ears. Authored by Oliver and illustrated by de Paola, these two should be a humdinger of a partnership.

Dynamic duo: de Paola and Oliver.

The party gets started at 7pm, and again, we're just being cautious, but getting there early is probably your best bet. Just saying....

Illustrators' submissions for Tomie dePaola Award

A timely and friendly reminder to all illustrators!

Submissions for SCBWI's Tomie dePaola Award are welcome now from near and far, with a deadline of December 13. The award is given annually to an illustrator of promise chosen by Tomie himself. The award consists full tuition, transportation to, and accommodations at SCBWI's New York Winter Conference held in Manhattan. Plus, the winning piece of art will be featured at the winter conference. Learn more about Tomie and the award at scbwi.org. And anyone who submits will have their work featured online in what's known as the Unofficial Gallery (click here for a previous example), which might be another nice way to attract art director attention.  Consider entry requirements and toss your art into the ring!

Awesome Art Alert: Tomie de Paola Award Submissions

Tomie Award submission by Elisa Wikey

An industrious SCBWI-er in Texas, Diandra Mae, put together this lovely, unofficial gallery of submissions for the latest SCBWI Tomie de Paola award.

Check out the full gallery here. I didn't see any SCBWI WWA submitters, let us know if you did! You can still add your submission to the gallery.

Read more about the award here, this year's theme is Chicken Little (in case you thought it was Madame Bovary, it's not, but I know, it's easy to confuse the two–so many chicks!)

Hangout with Tomie yourself, either with his SCBWI Master Class DVD, or the kickarse biography by Barbara Ellman.

Tomie award submission by Diandra Mae

The 2012 winner will be announced on Monday. And don't forget to put a reminder on your new Justin Bieber wall calendar for next fall, when they announce the 2013 award guidelines!

Interview with Tomie dePaola